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Veterans Are Defending the Constitution against a New Enemy: The Secretary of War

Veterans Are Defending the Constitution against a New Enemy: The Secretary of War

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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Sparks National Controversy As Trump Announces Boycott

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Trump’s Call to ‘Nationalize’ Elections Collides With the Constitution

Trump’s Energy Promise Collapses as Electricity Bills Keep Rising

Trump’s Energy Promise Collapses as Electricity Bills Keep Rising

Alex Pretti’s Death Is a Code Blue for the U.S.

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Video: 'Bridging Across Generations' National Week of Conversation event

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The Fulcrum
By The FulcrumMay 16, 2022
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During the fifth annual National Week of Conversation, brought to us by America Talks, Convergence co-hosted an event on 'Bridging Across Generations' with Convergence CEO David Eisner; Layla Zaidane of Millennial Action Project (MAP); Manu Meel of BridgeUSA; and Marc Freedman of Encore.org leading the discussion. The event was participation-focused and saw a terrific turnout.


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A critical analysis of Trump’s use of power, personality-driven leadership, and the role citizens must play to defend democracy and constitutional balance.

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Trump, The Poster Child of a Megalomaniac

There is no question that Trump is a megalomaniac. Look at the definition: "An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions." Whether it's relatively harmless actions like redecorating the White House with gold everywhere or attaching his name to every building and project he's involved in, or his more problematic king-like assertion of control over the world—Trump is a card-carrying megalomaniac.

First, the relatively harmless things. One recent piece of evidence of this is the renaming of the "Invest in America" accounts that the government will be setting up when children are born to "Trump" accounts. Whether this was done at Trump's urging or whether his Republican sycophants did it because they knew it would please him makes no difference; it is emblematic of one aspect of his psyche.

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When institutions fail, what must citizens do to preserve a republic? Drawing on John Adams, this essay examines disciplined refusal and civic responsibility.

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John Adams on Virtue: After the Line Is Crossed

This is the third Fulcrum essay in my three-part series, John Adams on Virtue, examining what sustains a republic when leaders abandon restraint, and citizens must decide what can still be preserved.

Part I, John Adams Warned Us: A Republic Without Virtue Can Not Survive, explored what citizens owe a republic beyond loyalty or partisanship. Part II, John Adams and the Line a Republic Should Not Cross, examined the lines a republic must never cross in its treatment of its own people. Part III turns to the hardest question: what citizens must do when those lines are crossed, and formal safeguards begin to fail. Their goal cannot be the restoration of a past normal, but the preservation of the capacity to rebuild a political order after sustained institutional damage.

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Marco Rubio: 2028 Presidential Contender?

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives to testify during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on January 28, 2026 in Washington, DC. This is the first time Rubio has testified before Congress since the Trump administration attacked Venezuela and seized President Nicolas Maduro, bringing him to the United States to stand trial.

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Marco Rubio: 2028 Presidential Contender?

Marco Rubio’s Senate testimony this week showcased a disciplined, media‑savvy operator — but does that make him a viable 2028 presidential contender? The short answer: maybe, if Republicans prioritize steadiness and foreign‑policy credibility; unlikely, if the party seeks a fresh face untainted by the Trump administration’s controversies.

"There is no war against Venezuela, and we did not occupy a country. There are no U.S. troops on the ground," Rubio said, portraying the mission as a narrowly focused law‑enforcement operation, not a military intervention.

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In Donald Trump's interview with Reuters on Jan. 24, he portrayed himself as an "I don't care" president, an attitude that is not compatible with leadership in a constitutional democracy.

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Donald Trump’s “I Don’t Care” Philosophy Undermines Democracy

On January 14, President Trump sat down for a thirty-minute interview with Reuters, the latest in a series of interviews with major news outlets. The interview covered a wide range of subjects, from Ukraine and Iran to inflation at home and dissent within his own party.

As is often the case with the president, he didn’t hold back. He offered many opinions without substantiating any of them and, talking about the 2026 congressional elections, said, “When you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election.”

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